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and so this is the kind of america that we face. and so he offers some, we can change the world and they said do it, let's do it together. and by the way, 1 billion people thought jobs. it was in the tens of thousands of people that wanted to work for george w. bush. by the way, i do give bush credit. look at how much it, lest when english was only his second language. come on, laugh. >> this is going to be the best on the republican side and visits from rudy giuliani. i worked for rudy giuliani and this is one of the greatest honors of my life, to be a poster to work for him on his may or your rights. he ran an awful campaign. he ran the worst campaign in modern history. he's the only person ever to finish a campaign with more wise than delicates. can you edit that out of c-span? because that's the one that's actually going to get me killed. of all the jokes i do here, that's the one that next time you see me i'll be in a wheelchair with my legs broken. but what he did for new york is truly incredible. watch how high the lines go,
and so this is the kind of america that we face. and so he offers some, we can change the world and they said do it, let's do it together. and by the way, 1 billion people thought jobs. it was in the tens of thousands of people that wanted to work for george w. bush. by the way, i do give bush credit. look at how much it, lest when english was only his second language. come on, laugh. >> this is going to be the best on the republican side and visits from rudy giuliani. i worked for rudy...
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bonds rather than america? >> guest: osher why the first but they were holding a huge number of the mortgage-backed securities and they have basically been told by the wall street first . >> host: did they know this was bad? >> guest: some might have that they were told by big firms in wall street don't worry, the federal government will bail out. >> host: don't the rating companies look at these mortgage by securities? dog they look at aig, the derivatives? dog they look at all of this and say it's good or not good paper? >> guest: some were drinking the goulet. and they would basically give reports that the investment houses wanted to have a problem that the rating agents were basically in facing the ratings on the information given in the information they were getting from freddie and fannie. >> host: again it doesn't add be live that way or the regulators doing, what was congress doing of oversight. seems like people were asking questions but the problem is congress like you said this at the fulcrum in this
bonds rather than america? >> guest: osher why the first but they were holding a huge number of the mortgage-backed securities and they have basically been told by the wall street first . >> host: did they know this was bad? >> guest: some might have that they were told by big firms in wall street don't worry, the federal government will bail out. >> host: don't the rating companies look at these mortgage by securities? dog they look at aig, the derivatives? dog they...
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you'll see not just statements from the people on high but every day people with real names all across america participating and being listened to. this is important to us. we also tried hard to connect and empower and i think this is probably what is seen the most and - but it's none less very important. 35 thousand groups and over 200,000 events. this is not just on-line activities. not 200,000 people chatting in some space. 13 million people going to 200,000 events face-to-face. this was not as even as much as a technological revolution as much as it was revolution in campaigns administered made possible by the technology existing that was available. finally, we made action easy. one example is we got a lot of attention for having raised a lot of money over the course of the campaign and there's several different ways people made money. one example to go back to the slide before, people would set a goal for how much money they wanted to raise on behalf of the campaign. they would have people over to their homes and collect money and thermometer there was inch up and people would accomplish
you'll see not just statements from the people on high but every day people with real names all across america participating and being listened to. this is important to us. we also tried hard to connect and empower and i think this is probably what is seen the most and - but it's none less very important. 35 thousand groups and over 200,000 events. this is not just on-line activities. not 200,000 people chatting in some space. 13 million people going to 200,000 events face-to-face. this was not...
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stan is one of the finest pollsters in america today, certainly one of the finest pollsters in the democratic party. he puts out some of the most terrific survey research anybody could ever see. and for us in the outside to see the very finest quality survey and research. for tax reasons, you have to put it all out there pretty much. so you are looking over the shoulder of some of the best political minds in the business. i guess if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. they started a republican polling think tank that started just like that. you can talk about the world leaders that stan has polled for. he was on the polling team -- or headed up the polling team that elected bill clinton to the presidency. just a terrifically talented guy. bill, if you were going to describe on the republican polling side -- let's say nordstroms and blooming detail -- bloomingdale's put together. whenever i call kneel, or glen or any of the partners over there, i know i am getting the straight scoop. they see so much data that we are going to see something before almost anybody else because they are p
stan is one of the finest pollsters in america today, certainly one of the finest pollsters in the democratic party. he puts out some of the most terrific survey research anybody could ever see. and for us in the outside to see the very finest quality survey and research. for tax reasons, you have to put it all out there pretty much. so you are looking over the shoulder of some of the best political minds in the business. i guess if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. they started a...
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a city that was the crime capital of america, welfare capital of america, the city in difficult conditions when i became the mayor. by the time i left office new york city was being proclaimed the best example of conservative government in the country. we turned it into the safest large city in america, and the spirit of the people of the city had changed. >> i have never seen a street in new york that look like that. it is all hopeful. leave the ground, it is incredible. watch what he is going to say, something a candidate never does and he will offer the key word republicans were looking for. >> instead of being hopeless the large majority of people had hoped. i believe i have been tested in the way the american people can look to me. they will not find perfection but they will find somebody who has dealt with crisis on a regular basis and had results and in many cases exceptional results people thought were impossible. i am rudy guiliani and i approve this message. >> results. democrats wanted change, republicans wanted results. he actually says in the at i am not perfect. we are lookin
a city that was the crime capital of america, welfare capital of america, the city in difficult conditions when i became the mayor. by the time i left office new york city was being proclaimed the best example of conservative government in the country. we turned it into the safest large city in america, and the spirit of the people of the city had changed. >> i have never seen a street in new york that look like that. it is all hopeful. leave the ground, it is incredible. watch what he is...
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obama's america is emerging from all this. so while the book is about the 2008 election, it really is about us. it's about who we are as a people and why that majority that he got in 2008 is actually a very sturdy majority. let me explain what i mean very briefly. his job approval rating, according to the latest gallup poll, 55%, very healthy, very nice. 42% of whites like him, approve of his job in the same poll. 44% of weekly churchgoers give obama a passing grade. 59% of those that seldom go to church like what obama is doing. but what is doing him in the polls is 76% of nonwhites approve of his job performance. 93% of african-americans say we like what he's doing, we like and. hispanics, 72%, approve of his job performance. 49% of those age 65 or older approve, a relatively low mark. but 60% of young people give him a high grade. young voters are absolutely crucial to the because all of the revolutions that i just mentioned are foremost in their age group and young voters are key to understanding the country's future. we k
obama's america is emerging from all this. so while the book is about the 2008 election, it really is about us. it's about who we are as a people and why that majority that he got in 2008 is actually a very sturdy majority. let me explain what i mean very briefly. his job approval rating, according to the latest gallup poll, 55%, very healthy, very nice. 42% of whites like him, approve of his job in the same poll. 44% of weekly churchgoers give obama a passing grade. 59% of those that seldom go...
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at friday, the white house, inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely seen space is 3 and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capit ol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now to a news conference indian prime minister manmohan singh manmohan. -- not to a news conference with indian prime minister manmohan singh. this is about 40 minutes. >> of very good morning to you all of you and welcome to the press conference by the prime minister of india, manmohan singh. he is joined by that debbie be chairman of the planning commission to his right, and his national security adviser. he will be making a opening statement, thereafter he would be happy to take a few questions. we will now listen to his opening statement. >> ladies in town and, of very good morning to each and every one of you. before i say so
at friday, the white house, inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely seen space is 3 and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capit ol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now to a news conference indian prime minister manmohan singh...
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, running against washington, running against the elite trying to run the economy, trying to design america according to their own theories about how society should work, i think that could get some traction. but i think she will have to prove to the independent voters that she is familiar with the issues, that she can hold her own in the debates, which i think she did it, as i talk about in my book. down the line, she will have to go in for a rematch with katie couric. host: east michigan, hello. caller: another interview with katie couric would be a blast. once again she would be caught in the headlights. what did she do for alaska? not really that much. they have the highest crystal meth problem. come on, people are alcoholics up there. 286 seniors died on her watch because she did not want to fund health care. host: let's hear from our guest. guest: that is the democratic critique of sarah palin. it goes back to iraq -- her record in alaska, which i am happy to hear, because so much of a critique of her had nothing to do with a record in alaska last year. it is amazing, "the washington
, running against washington, running against the elite trying to run the economy, trying to design america according to their own theories about how society should work, i think that could get some traction. but i think she will have to prove to the independent voters that she is familiar with the issues, that she can hold her own in the debates, which i think she did it, as i talk about in my book. down the line, she will have to go in for a rematch with katie couric. host: east michigan,...
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she's one of the most polarizing figures in america. she has razor edge close to winning the democratic nomination and now she's one of the four popular figures in the obama cabinet. and of course, look at ronald reagan whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980 and then presidency. >> host: we found this piece in "the new york times" and elsewhere about charlie crist. surefire for the republican becomes a right-wing target. he rapson then that they are surprising by mark rubio. the former speaker of the house answer to mr. obama by the national review. what's going on there and within the party? >> guest: same thing we saw in the election in new york 23, the special congressional election in two weeks ago. and we're seeing it here in florida. there is a revolt among conservative grassroots against establishment of public msm. and so in the case of the new york 23 race, we saw the conservative voters had wanted nothing to do with the liberal republicans who have been put on t
she's one of the most polarizing figures in america. she has razor edge close to winning the democratic nomination and now she's one of the four popular figures in the obama cabinet. and of course, look at ronald reagan whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980 and then presidency. >> host: we found this piece in "the new york times" and elsewhere about charlie crist. surefire for the republican becomes a right-wing...
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it's created a situation with the economic gravity in america shifted from new york to washington. >> host: there is no question, i can attest to that that is absolutely the truth. >> guest: and ist truth. it's dangerous. >> host: so to work as titans of industry. >> guest: and finally as it relates to the other areas i would say we wish you the best of success, we hope that it does well in terms of educational talented. we hope national foundation and others will help but we won't simpson as independent business and the problem is you think we have individuals and if i dare say his name, former vice president al gore, who has made a very nice profit personally . >> host: there was an article about the billions being made by selling the carbon credits and it's a very lucrative industry. i was curious to find out from chris werner that actually in tehran was of the creator of this whole idea of carbon credits. and carmen offsets and it was one more thing that could be traded on wall street. >> guest: you have firms like goldman sachs lobbying congress for capt. training and their inter
it's created a situation with the economic gravity in america shifted from new york to washington. >> host: there is no question, i can attest to that that is absolutely the truth. >> guest: and ist truth. it's dangerous. >> host: so to work as titans of industry. >> guest: and finally as it relates to the other areas i would say we wish you the best of success, we hope that it does well in terms of educational talented. we hope national foundation and others will help...
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. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are made by those of listing the courts except their case or role in their favor. there are private rooms seen by those that are there. it is the justices appointed for life terms that have always defined this very human institution and the buildings in which they do their work. >> i think it is the previous building in washington. it is distinctive. is a different type of marble. it is lighter and brighter. immediately, i do appreciate it. it represents a different branch of government. it really is monumental. it represents the lincoln memorial in terms of the visual impact. if you view it as a temple of justice, i think that is entirely appropriate. >> 21st come up to the steps -- when you first come up to the steps, there are too candelabras. -- two candelabras holding the scales of justice. on the of the side are the three faces. is it symbolic indication. as he traveled t
. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are made by those of listing the courts except their case or role in their favor. there are private rooms seen by those that are there. it is the justices appointed for life terms that have always defined this very human institution and the buildings in which they do their work. >> i think it is the previous building in washington. it is...
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to help america and to make america's presence known in the world, he has to be a little more decisive and a little harder on friend and foe. host: "the washington times" this morning has a piece on the president. "a former member of the anti- terrorism centers says that the stakes for the president have never been higher. for the president, this is huge. up until now this has been a legacy war. once he makes his decision, now the war becomes his." philadelphia, and next. -- , next. caller: how in the world could we be thinking that obama is not subtle? look at the policy chan -- policy change in iran. during the bush administration we had no sanctions or conversations. they said that nothing happened in russia and china, but obviously something did happen to get the sanctions. but we have the biggest war machine in the world. what if we pulled of the soldiers and constantly bomb to thed them? who would be happy? i like a quiet man, he is thinking his way through. i think that obama is doing very well. he just have -- he just has to make sure that he watches what is behind him, not jus
to help america and to make america's presence known in the world, he has to be a little more decisive and a little harder on friend and foe. host: "the washington times" this morning has a piece on the president. "a former member of the anti- terrorism centers says that the stakes for the president have never been higher. for the president, this is huge. up until now this has been a legacy war. once he makes his decision, now the war becomes his." philadelphia, and next. --...
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attracting international students, particularly students from latin america. it had nothing to do with milton friedman. this was a decision that came out of the state department. there was a concern that latin america was moving to the left. it certainly was. it move further and further to the left in the seventh -- the 1970's and 1960's. this idea was cooked up between the economics department and the head of the usaid. they would bring chilean students and it was outside the mainstream of american economic discourse. because it was so conservative, and in the 1950's, it was seen as outside the mainstream. the united states was still in the grips of keynesian islam. -- keynesian economics. all of the ivy league's had an economics department. they had this program to bring hundreds of latin american students to study under friedman and his colleagues. that had a tremendous impact on the politics of latin america because in the 1970's, there were teams of economies that were ready to work with those military governments that did not have any expertise. -- teams
attracting international students, particularly students from latin america. it had nothing to do with milton friedman. this was a decision that came out of the state department. there was a concern that latin america was moving to the left. it certainly was. it move further and further to the left in the seventh -- the 1970's and 1960's. this idea was cooked up between the economics department and the head of the usaid. they would bring chilean students and it was outside the mainstream of...
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and when america understands the far left america is not going to agree with the far left. redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats today are the true dominant parties does not mean either will survive another 50 years. i think we are undergoing a fundamental political realignment we're middle america is rising up, social security recipients are saying we want social security. we don't want to have to have rationed medical care, which is inevitable if we are going to take millions of americans and get them publicly funded medical care. i know many doctors i can see a couple of them in this room are personal friends. the next medical instrument will pick up is the golf club. the idea of all this regulation, the idea
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universities, america's public libraries and america's public media -- public radio and public television -- have great potential for fostering deliberation over indignation. but they have to do so overtly. it cannot just be another form of entertainment. it cannot just be another form of trading. it has to be an end in an of itself. we hope the best possible -- [unintelligible] [applause] >> we are ready to bring our patient audience into these deliberations. when i call on you, please wait for the microphone which we will be carrying around. when you get the microphone, please tell us who you are and to whom you are addressing the question. who shall go first? right here. >> thank you. from the technology university. for james fishkin. two unrelated questions. what happens when you make this process asynchronous? if you offline, if you have a discussion board? the second is have you investigated the effect of this process on ero's theorem? >> the second, we have done extensively. and we have two papers on the website about this. if you look at the center for deliberative democracy websi
universities, america's public libraries and america's public media -- public radio and public television -- have great potential for fostering deliberation over indignation. but they have to do so overtly. it cannot just be another form of entertainment. it cannot just be another form of trading. it has to be an end in an of itself. we hope the best possible -- [unintelligible] [applause] >> we are ready to bring our patient audience into these deliberations. when i call on you, please...
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so that it's not just america. it's america is part of a larger nato coalition, which is going to be supportive of success in afghanistan but because it's important that we do succeed in afghanistan. we can't succeed, i believe, without appear significant number of additional combat forces through the other initiatives that i've talked about. and that's what the president need to do is explain why it is that success is important and how we are part of a larger effort in that regard. >> senator, among the anxious people waiting for a decision aren't just republicans, it's the military families and the soldiers themselves who think there may be a surge and they may be de ploying as early as january. so morale wise there is a negative effect of the long process in making a decision here. and it can't come to any surprise from the obama administration that they were going to face an afghanistan decision at some point. is there a time when a decision has to be made on behalf of the morale of the troops? >> i think the t
so that it's not just america. it's america is part of a larger nato coalition, which is going to be supportive of success in afghanistan but because it's important that we do succeed in afghanistan. we can't succeed, i believe, without appear significant number of additional combat forces through the other initiatives that i've talked about. and that's what the president need to do is explain why it is that success is important and how we are part of a larger effort in that regard. >>...
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i want to make america better! i want to make america better! i want peace in the world! i want to make america better! i want to make america better! [applause] [applause] >> can i ask all of the members of the congressional black caucus to come forward in a special tribute to reverend jackson? with the like to make this presentation before he speaks. -- we would like to make this presentation before he speaks. reverend jackson, so many of us here in congress are part of that and still are part of a coalition. he paved the way for some many of us to be where we are and who we are as members of congress. we just say thank you today. " we encourage you to fight the good fight and keep hope alive. you certainly have kept us inspired by your life's work. on behalf of the congressional black caucus, we would like to present to you a small token of appreciation from the 42 members of the congressional black caucus. we like to thank you for persevering so many years. 25 years. thank you and god bless you. >> that my exit but -- let me express my thank
i want to make america better! i want to make america better! i want peace in the world! i want to make america better! i want to make america better! [applause] [applause] >> can i ask all of the members of the congressional black caucus to come forward in a special tribute to reverend jackson? with the like to make this presentation before he speaks. -- we would like to make this presentation before he speaks. reverend jackson, so many of us here in congress are part of that and still...
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turn that increases in america because we have a growing nation. there are no big historical jumps of the kind that we have experienced in previous transformations. turnout was on par with where we expect to turn out to be. what we are left with is a sort of picture of stability in turn out. it is interesting because there was so much discussion about an unusual surge in turn out for everybody and expected it and we did not get it. generally, when turnout stays within the equilibrium of the party system, when you do not get these unusual surges, the small variation that does occur in turn out, and this is a plot that shows the relationship between turnout of the democratic vote over the last half century, contrary to the common wisdom, the turnout bodes ill for the republicans and good for the democrats. there is essentially no relationship between a good turnout and the democratic vote. it does not happen at any level that i have looked up. not to say that that is not a significant thing and you cannot make it make a difference but in the aggregat
turn that increases in america because we have a growing nation. there are no big historical jumps of the kind that we have experienced in previous transformations. turnout was on par with where we expect to turn out to be. what we are left with is a sort of picture of stability in turn out. it is interesting because there was so much discussion about an unusual surge in turn out for everybody and expected it and we did not get it. generally, when turnout stays within the equilibrium of the...
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it is about representing the hospitality of america and the first family and the graciousness of america. >> thank you for your time. more than 300 people were expected at night state dinner. the first state dinner, 10 months into his administration. we will end tonight coverage here with president obama toasting the prime minister of india and him responding in kind. >♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and this is michelle obama, accompanied by the prime minister of the republic of india. ♪ ♪ >> please, be seated. good evening, everyone. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. [applause] many of you were here when i was honored to become the first president to help celebrate the festival of lights. some of you were here for the first white house celebration of the birth of the founder of [unintelligible] tonight we get there again for the first state dinner of my presidency with the prime minister singh as we celebrate the great in joint partnership between the united states and india. in india, some of life's most treasured moments
it is about representing the hospitality of america and the first family and the graciousness of america. >> thank you for your time. more than 300 people were expected at night state dinner. the first state dinner, 10 months into his administration. we will end tonight coverage here with president obama toasting the prime minister of india and him responding in kind. >♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and this is michelle obama, accompanied by the...
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but america pulled together. and in july of 1969, neil armstrong planted that american flag on the moon and was an achievement that for anyone who saw it was just an amazing accomplishment. it was like flying solo across the atlantic, climbing mount everest, reaching the north pole all wrapped into one. the young people who saw were especially impact, especially one young man in hawaii named barack obama. barack obama as a young boy remembered sitting on my grandfather's shoulders and watching the apollo astronauts, sure in hawaii. i sat there and i know, my grandfather explain how we americans could do anything we set our minds to accomplish. >> who could argue that american government was incapable after putting a man on the moon? >> we have won world war ii, helped rebuild europe of its barack obama. we had won world war ii, helping rebuild europe through the marshall plan. we done the national highway system. we had split the atom with the manhattan project. america was a can-do nation, but now are we still j
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funding for climate change in the year 2020 as a result of the contributions of the european union, america and some of the richest countries of the world. we will do everything in our power to secure a climate change agreement in copenhagen. >> thank you, mr. speaker. whatever are the individual speakers on afghanistan there's clarity on the mission. the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens to pull out of the country if president karzai can't clean up his corrupt government. these are contradictory messages they are sending out mixed signals. can the prime minister now square that circle?vu >> we are in the country because of the threat to britain. a threat that has been seen over eight years as a result of projected and actual terrorist defenses in our country. three-quarters of which come from afghanistan and pakistan and mainly the borders of pakistan. that is why we are there to protect the streets of britain. i was right to ask president karzai to give us assurances about how in his second
funding for climate change in the year 2020 as a result of the contributions of the european union, america and some of the richest countries of the world. we will do everything in our power to secure a climate change agreement in copenhagen. >> thank you, mr. speaker. whatever are the individual speakers on afghanistan there's clarity on the mission. the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens...
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inside america's most famous home. our visit shows degree in public places, as well as those rarely seen spaces. saturday at 8:00 eastern, the capital, at the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights starting tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. day your own copy for $25.95. order online at lockheed c- span.org -- order online at c- span.org. > the senate moves the health care bill to the floor starting monday and through december. followed the entire debate and talent will affect access to medical care. last month scholars and former administration officials held a discussion on the threat posed from terrace and nuclear weapons. they spoke at the jfk library for one hour 20 minutes. >> i felt an obligation to end nuclear war. this is a priority of my administration. by 1994, nuclear missiles were no longer targeting each other's countries. we received up an extension. we continue inspections in iraq and had made a deal with north korea. i was the
inside america's most famous home. our visit shows degree in public places, as well as those rarely seen spaces. saturday at 8:00 eastern, the capital, at the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights starting tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. day your own copy for $25.95. order online at lockheed c- span.org -- order online at c- span.org. > the senate moves the health care bill to the floor starting monday and...
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you may be wondering where america -- whether america is in a long-term decline. this is nothing new. n of america's decline does nothing new. go back to that. when the popular refrain was, " come home america," and isolation was on the rise. many said that our form of government was different than the soviet union, but it was not necessarily better. we had to learn to live without, not to mention the rising price of oil, the emergence of the middle east cartel, the first bout of hyperinflation, high unemployment, and the idea of stagflation was going. then came the 1980's, and almost everything went in precisely the opposite direction, which is why this panel is not called america in decline. i am not suggesting that last time was an anomaly or that this time will necessarily be different. but tonight, the question will be what our esteemed analysts think about the future of the united states as we stand here at the end of 2009. we really have an extraordinary group of panelists. let me just share their introduction so everyone knows who they are. i have learned
you may be wondering where america -- whether america is in a long-term decline. this is nothing new. n of america's decline does nothing new. go back to that. when the popular refrain was, " come home america," and isolation was on the rise. many said that our form of government was different than the soviet union, but it was not necessarily better. we had to learn to live without, not to mention the rising price of oil, the emergence of the middle east cartel, the first bout of...
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if america sneezes, europe catches a cold. it is more like we have caught the flu. seriously, everyone is affected. we will go on being affected by this for a long time. in the future, we will have high taxes, not better health care or schooling or policing, not anything that will benefit us. we will pay for the mistakes of the past. we will basically be paying for the bonuses of the bankers who got us into this situation in the first place. this is why we need to vote for this debate. trust me, we need all the help we can get. this leads me to apprenticeships and training. please tell me how young people is supposed to find themselves living alone perhaps in london while taking part in one of these things. please in light me as to how they will find themselves with no income? how are they supposed to get by? it makes me -- these other questions that a lot of young people are asking themselves. we will create a. thisships, volunteer opportunities. we will create apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities but we only go if we need to go. we are asking for the govern
if america sneezes, europe catches a cold. it is more like we have caught the flu. seriously, everyone is affected. we will go on being affected by this for a long time. in the future, we will have high taxes, not better health care or schooling or policing, not anything that will benefit us. we will pay for the mistakes of the past. we will basically be paying for the bonuses of the bankers who got us into this situation in the first place. this is why we need to vote for this debate. trust...
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this is america. we should be free to make decisions on our own even the ones those people declare stupid. fight against these fascist laws. vote no on laws that steal your right to choose. bruce sent this, a simple test for text messaging while driving have the proponent of it is safe while texting while driving. have them stand on home plate. have the messenger duck while seeing the ball coming. this is comparable to two cars hitting head on at 40 miles an hour. we like that thinking, bruce. pop superstar elton john is in a hospital in london recovering from the flu and e.coli poisoning. he is expected to rejoin his tour with billy joel later this month in california. hope he recovers soon. >>> how do you turn a disturbing story with animal abuse into a children's book. a marine who adopted a dog in iraq is handling it gently. what the dog went through and how he returned to one marine's affection with an amazing show of loyalty. it is a great story. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
this is america. we should be free to make decisions on our own even the ones those people declare stupid. fight against these fascist laws. vote no on laws that steal your right to choose. bruce sent this, a simple test for text messaging while driving have the proponent of it is safe while texting while driving. have them stand on home plate. have the messenger duck while seeing the ball coming. this is comparable to two cars hitting head on at 40 miles an hour. we like that thinking, bruce....
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and america would you like to make an opening comment or statement? >> verse, for professor haines, if you go through all the papers it is obviously very modeled after certain cities. is there a way of extrapolating all the numbers that you have to get a more global percentage or number of premature death or an estimate because this is all very piecemeal. give us a sense more but you are looking at and i will ask a second question too. for dr. horton, after your speech, you made this sound like it is an advocacy position in he came out this whole issue from an advocate point of view. do you feel ethically it dismisses the signs or diminishes the signs it you know what you are going to abdicate beforehand before you do the research? thank you. >> andy. >> first of all can i say that we did not start out looking only for benefits. we looked across the range of sectors to look at dfx in general. would they be benefits to health than in fact we did find in some areas like urban land transport we did find the potential for increased road injuries, so it is
and america would you like to make an opening comment or statement? >> verse, for professor haines, if you go through all the papers it is obviously very modeled after certain cities. is there a way of extrapolating all the numbers that you have to get a more global percentage or number of premature death or an estimate because this is all very piecemeal. give us a sense more but you are looking at and i will ask a second question too. for dr. horton, after your speech, you made this...
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how did the ideology of america yoinform the moment? >> i am bruce cumings from the university of chicago. there are irrational consequences to exaggerated threats. some guy tries to bite his shoe on fire on a transatlantic flight and millions of americans have to take their shoes off getting on an airplane. in japan, you do not have to take your shoes off. that is a security conscious country. bureaucrats have to protect themselves against the worst case scenario. in the case of korea that you mentioned, it seems at least to double logics were operating. they were waiting to triple defense spending. the north koreans played into his hands. not that he expected an attack there, but he figured the communists would do something sooner or later. that sets in motion containment on a global scale rather than the limited containment. in explaining that, you have to jinx the pentagon loves new missions. -- in explaining that, you have to realize the pentagon less new missions. it is just a static bag. osama bin laden said that all he had to do
how did the ideology of america yoinform the moment? >> i am bruce cumings from the university of chicago. there are irrational consequences to exaggerated threats. some guy tries to bite his shoe on fire on a transatlantic flight and millions of americans have to take their shoes off getting on an airplane. in japan, you do not have to take your shoes off. that is a security conscious country. bureaucrats have to protect themselves against the worst case scenario. in the case of korea...
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inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely-seep space. -- seen spaces. and saturday at # p.m. eastern, the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights thursday, friday, and saturday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, a three-disc dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now an event with john limbert, the newly appointed deputy assistant of state for iran. he was held hostage from 1979-1981. from the middle east institute in washington, this is just over an hour. >> quite an overflow crowd. this is all, i guess it's not unexpected, but i'll tell you the background to this invitation which is rather ironic. gives me great pleasure to introduce ambassador john limbert today, and he's here to discuss his very timely book, "negotiating with iran: wrestling with the ghosts of history," it'll be on sale downstairs after the
inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely-seep space. -- seen spaces. and saturday at # p.m. eastern, the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights thursday, friday, and saturday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, a three-disc dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> now an event with...
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america's inherited after it was 200-years-old. virginians have actually voted to ban slavery in the early 1700's. but the british government of good clean overruled the act largely because the royal treasury depended on revenues from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georges all refused to and during their brains or africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans and voluntarily of course. ironically the increase in the number of slaves was more of a burden than benefit to most virginia planters. sleeves were usually unskilled and unable to speak english and they had fewer incentives to work in peace workers in the north and as they aged and fathered children they added enormous numbers of nonproductive infants and elderly to the population the planters had to support. in only 50 years from 17221770 just before the american revolution, in those 50 years virginia slave population grew almost eightfold from t
america's inherited after it was 200-years-old. virginians have actually voted to ban slavery in the early 1700's. but the british government of good clean overruled the act largely because the royal treasury depended on revenues from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georges all refused to and during their brains or africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans and...
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biggest corporations in america. let's have a debate about that. john kasich. >> i wanted to start today and talk about some of the good things that we have that makes the country special. first of all, it is pretty interesting. we have a dna of entrepreneurship. kids learn from when they are young up that if you have a great idea, you can be something. in fact, not only can you be good, but instead of working for someone else, you can create an idea and have people work for you. that dna has made this country a very productive, very successful and very generous. separately, i think you need to our country is we have the flow of capital, not much flowing today, but that is because of retraction. people doing things that were not responsible in an effort to make a lot of money nevertheless, you can find capital in america if you have a great idea. you can go to your family, and go to a bank, a venture capitalist and you can take an idea from the back of your head, translated onto paper and create something. that is a
biggest corporations in america. let's have a debate about that. john kasich. >> i wanted to start today and talk about some of the good things that we have that makes the country special. first of all, it is pretty interesting. we have a dna of entrepreneurship. kids learn from when they are young up that if you have a great idea, you can be something. in fact, not only can you be good, but instead of working for someone else, you can create an idea and have people work for you. that dna...
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this isn't a good deal if you are a person in america. >> it's the wrong prescription for america, mr. president. >> i'm going to continue to speak on the for mr. president about the things i think our problems with this bill. it is the wrong approach. i think it costs we to much. i think it raises taxes on all americans. it cuts medicare and what we have heard now and we know for sure is it is going to raise premiums for people who have insurance who like the insurance they have who want to keep the insurance they have and their costs are going to continue to go up if this becomes law at a rate faster than as we saw from the craft faster than if nothing was passed. >> time is expired. >>> i have listened to several of my republican colleagues and i want to note that they have the bill in front of them and they are attacking this health care bill, but nowhere on their desk do we see their bill. they have no answers. no solutions and face -- >> would the senator from california yield? >> i can't deal. they have no solutions, at all, on an issue that affects every single american, and w
this isn't a good deal if you are a person in america. >> it's the wrong prescription for america, mr. president. >> i'm going to continue to speak on the for mr. president about the things i think our problems with this bill. it is the wrong approach. i think it costs we to much. i think it raises taxes on all americans. it cuts medicare and what we have heard now and we know for sure is it is going to raise premiums for people who have insurance who like the insurance they have...
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and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease, to slashing greenhouse gas emissions in our own buildings. this is not an afterthought for my department. this is a key part of our broader public health strategy. more and more, we understand that health is not something that happens just in doctors offices. whether you're healthy or not depends on what to eat and drink, what you breathe, how you get around, and where you this. a world that's eating up and powered by paul fired plants that fill the sky with harmful greenhouse gas is going to have fewer healthy peop
and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease,...
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america will make an announcement tomorrow. the secretary-general of nato reports that in addition to the uk and usa, a countries have already made offers of additional troops and that other countries are likely to follow. it is often said that america and britain are fighting alone. this is wrong. excluding america and britain, the numbers of international coalition troops will have risen from in january, to the seven, 16,000 troops to around 30,000. i believe over the coming months, even more countries will respond. our effort in helmut will benefit. last year, totals were run 7000. now they will be above 20,000, three times what they were pitted our -- but they were. president karzai and his defense minister have assured us that not only 500,000 members of the new afghan national army corps will be deployed to helmand to be -- additional recruits will arrive for training in the next few weeks. so, mr. speaker, with the conditions i have met, i confirm we will move to a new force level of ninat 500. from late january -- a new
america will make an announcement tomorrow. the secretary-general of nato reports that in addition to the uk and usa, a countries have already made offers of additional troops and that other countries are likely to follow. it is often said that america and britain are fighting alone. this is wrong. excluding america and britain, the numbers of international coalition troops will have risen from in january, to the seven, 16,000 troops to around 30,000. i believe over the coming months, even more...
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we have a few minutes more now to talk about an america of the other things witnessed by whitaker chambers, about two or three minutes can you tell us about that book and his relationship with alger hiss? >> guest: yes i can. i thought it was important for the argument of my book to have a homegrown american communist, my three others of course are europeans. whitaker chambers was an american journalist, columbia job routt -- dropout who got involved in radical politics and joined the american communist party and soon thereafter went underground, that is actually became an espionage agent for the russians. his job was as a career taking documents that were stolen by other spies in washington, having them photographed and hold us by routine. and one of the people, one of the washington's bias according to his allegations, and as now is almost definitively demonstrated by historical documents of various kinds, one of his colleagues was a man named alger hiss. alger hiss was a high ranking civil servant. he had been in the state department, he had a lot of experience with government. he was t
we have a few minutes more now to talk about an america of the other things witnessed by whitaker chambers, about two or three minutes can you tell us about that book and his relationship with alger hiss? >> guest: yes i can. i thought it was important for the argument of my book to have a homegrown american communist, my three others of course are europeans. whitaker chambers was an american journalist, columbia job routt -- dropout who got involved in radical politics and joined the...
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soaking america's rich? caller: so your callers have made statements that these taxes need to be reduced. what they need to spend time with is the historical time of the highest income tax rate paid by the richest of the ridge. there are a couple of things that are very interesting about it. 35% is the highest marginal rate. looking at world war ii one, it goes from single digits, where they were looking for a 70%, it dropped down into the 1920's. then they find themselves in world war ii with a top marginal rate for most of the war years. basically it has settled into the 1990's and 1970's for ronald reagan, where it was 60% higher for those terms. to talk about raising taxes to under the 39% that they were during the clinton time, which was a huge boom, i do not think that that is unreasonable. people have to look at these numbers instead of fantasizing about how unfair that taxes are. they will get some perspective. host: thank you for the call. from twitter -- the rich pay the taxes because they have the
soaking america's rich? caller: so your callers have made statements that these taxes need to be reduced. what they need to spend time with is the historical time of the highest income tax rate paid by the richest of the ridge. there are a couple of things that are very interesting about it. 35% is the highest marginal rate. looking at world war ii one, it goes from single digits, where they were looking for a 70%, it dropped down into the 1920's. then they find themselves in world war ii with...
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i see what america truly looks like, and it didn't represent any of that. so i thought i could bring back an element and bring back conversation and bring back listening and bring back harder-edge material. in the two weeks i've been on the air i think i've done that. >> you're saying there are so many white guys in late night. i think that's where you were going, right? >> that's what i was trying to say. a cavalcade of caucasians. >> one of the great caucasians of late night was johnny carson. you watch the others and they're also very good. johnny had a special thing. he was so glib. he made it look like it was really was easy and very, very funny. >> yeah, you know, steve allen -- it's interesting, i spoke to a writer who had done shows with steve allen. when you come from a comedic background and steve allen would say, i don't believe it's that hard. you know, we as comics open our heads and open -- all of our senses are open. you have brought an element to your show own to "the view" that comedically barbara or whoopi, i think, hasn't and sherry now h
i see what america truly looks like, and it didn't represent any of that. so i thought i could bring back an element and bring back conversation and bring back listening and bring back harder-edge material. in the two weeks i've been on the air i think i've done that. >> you're saying there are so many white guys in late night. i think that's where you were going, right? >> that's what i was trying to say. a cavalcade of caucasians. >> one of the great caucasians of late night...
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inside america's most famous home. beyond the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit shows the grand public places as well as those rarely seen spaces. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the capitol. the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights. thursday, friday, and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of american icons, a three disk d.v.d. set, $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c-span.org /store. >> tonight president obama holds his first state dinner. first lady michelle obama gave a preview of tonight's festivities in honor of the indian prime minister. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. hello, how is everyone? today is such a big day for this administration and i know it is a moment that all of you have been anxiously awaiting to be able to see what the event is going to look like this evening. and also to hear a little bit about the history of state dinners. one of the groups that i want to w
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. >>> exporting americana to america. these banlds rocking out china want to export their rock 'n' roll to the place it was born. >>> first off for you, convicted rapist accused of keeping ten bodies in his basement, backyard and living room is being held without bond. a judge made that decision in the last 90 minutes, after prosecutors called anthony sowell an incredibly dangerous threat to the public. cleveland police found more corpses, four more corpses, and a skull at sowell's home yesterday. the bodies of six women were found last week. today authorities will search the walls and the floors as well of the home. >> this gentleman and the scenarios around all these victims until we know exactly how they lived their lives, it makes it very difficult for us to come up with answers to your questions. i have to believe at this point all these victims voluntarily went to this residence. >> as a registered sex offender, sowell was required to check in regularly with police, but officers did not have the right to go into the
. >>> exporting americana to america. these banlds rocking out china want to export their rock 'n' roll to the place it was born. >>> first off for you, convicted rapist accused of keeping ten bodies in his basement, backyard and living room is being held without bond. a judge made that decision in the last 90 minutes, after prosecutors called anthony sowell an incredibly dangerous threat to the public. cleveland police found more corpses, four more corpses, and a skull at...
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everything we do is not in the microcosm of america anymore. whether we rise or fall does not just depend on us. host: the professor mentioned about the dubai information. does it affect many people? he kind of suggested it didn't but he said it should be factored in terms of what people think about the economy. caller: yes, dislike for our oil and natural resources, every little ticked i hear about it in china, what happens to us with our resources. i will hear about it affecting china. we did not used to think about that decades ago. host: your global perspective, have you changed your mind about the state of the economy? caller: i just feel a little bit like he did. going with the flow. but when we see where we can really put our muscle to making things better and making the resources last longer, we have to do with and try to bring the rest of the world in with to accomplish that. host: next up, steve on independent line. jacksonville, florida. caller: actually if i change my mind i am a bit more pessimistic than i was. 10.2 percent unemplo
everything we do is not in the microcosm of america anymore. whether we rise or fall does not just depend on us. host: the professor mentioned about the dubai information. does it affect many people? he kind of suggested it didn't but he said it should be factored in terms of what people think about the economy. caller: yes, dislike for our oil and natural resources, every little ticked i hear about it in china, what happens to us with our resources. i will hear about it affecting china. we did...
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i would like to use a simple image that came from one of the french scientists who worked in america. he said from a laboratory bench in 1938, the discovery of fishing, to the end of the war in 1945, -- the discovery of fission, to the end of the war in 1945, that was a huge project, a process they had to go through. >> on the point that you both made of it becoming a military project and then wrapping up in terms of billions of dollars, billions of dollars in manpower, resources, money. was there any doubt from the point that it was conceived that they were building a weapon and a weapon that would be used? >> i do not think so. i think it was clear from the beginning. again, i want to emphasize, how much particular the scientists felt it was a race against nazi germany. someone said the notion of a third reich defended and power by atomic power for 1000 years was terrifying to everyone. >> james b. conant said to harvard students, "the worst possibility we face is not war, it is the complete victory of totalitarianism." i think it sums up the feeling of the scientists at that point
i would like to use a simple image that came from one of the french scientists who worked in america. he said from a laboratory bench in 1938, the discovery of fishing, to the end of the war in 1945, -- the discovery of fission, to the end of the war in 1945, that was a huge project, a process they had to go through. >> on the point that you both made of it becoming a military project and then wrapping up in terms of billions of dollars, billions of dollars in manpower, resources, money....
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. >> jeff writes this, has to say this, the election is no indication of where america is headed. only thing shown out of yesterday's election people still want a change from politics as usual. the next elections will be the true barometer of where americans are headed. richelle, great stuff. thanks very much. >> he's one of those throw the bums out kind of guy. >> rotate the tires every four years. >> yes. >>> their son was allegedly beaten to death by his college roommate. if that's not upsetting enough why these grieving parents were sent a bill for $29,000 by the hospital that treated their son. >>> gerald and elizabeth got a $29,000 bill from the hospital. along with the bill the detailed effort that forced them to relive their tragic loss. they said the bill and letter should have gone to the insurance company. police are accusing a fellow student of killing him. >>> detainees at the u.s. facility at guantanamo bay in cuba won't be getting the h1n1 flu vaccines after all. the task force responsible for detainees said they would be getting vaccinated. lawmakers quickly critic
. >> jeff writes this, has to say this, the election is no indication of where america is headed. only thing shown out of yesterday's election people still want a change from politics as usual. the next elections will be the true barometer of where americans are headed. richelle, great stuff. thanks very much. >> he's one of those throw the bums out kind of guy. >> rotate the tires every four years. >> yes. >>> their son was allegedly beaten to death by his...
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health care has been a pretty hot topic for americans, but have health issues changed for black men in america? one expert says it's at a crisis level. we'll look at that coming up in a special "what matters." >>> it's been a year since the historic election of president barack obama. all week in our "what matters" partnership with essence magazine, we're taking a closer look at life for black men since president obama was elected. has their lives changed since the president became black? we sat down with an african-american community and asked that question. today meet marcus murray, executive director of project brotherhood, an organization that addresses health and social issues facing black men in chicago. >> i believe life has changed a little bit in the sense that black men get a little bit more respect when they're looked at on the street, but in terms of any -- covering any disparritid, whether it's health or something, i don't think anything has changed. >> what about life expectancy? has that gap narrowed at all? >> i don't think the gap has narrowed at all. when i think of health, y
health care has been a pretty hot topic for americans, but have health issues changed for black men in america? one expert says it's at a crisis level. we'll look at that coming up in a special "what matters." >>> it's been a year since the historic election of president barack obama. all week in our "what matters" partnership with essence magazine, we're taking a closer look at life for black men since president obama was elected. has their lives changed since the...
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they tallied up prices across america. they were looking at a 16-pound turkey, that got a little cheaper, but the main reason is because milk got a little cheaper. it's about $1 a gallon cheaper. you might use that or cream in a lot of the different recipes. the one thing that got a little bit more expensive on the list, pumpkin pie. we're just showing you the can, but apparently the shells got a little bit more expensive, too. back to you. >> pumpkin pie of all things. >> i just think if you're going to make a pumpkin pie, a can and a thing from the freezer? just make it. >> girlfriend! >> get some flour, butter. >> nobody is going to dig away at a pumpkin except for you, who we love. i'm coming to your house. she makes it from scratch, digs out the pumpkin. >>> talk about a hair raising experience. how this man was head and shoulders above the rest and how he put himself into the record books. okay. >>> check out the school project some kids did yesterday. high school engineering students in connecticut built these boats
they tallied up prices across america. they were looking at a 16-pound turkey, that got a little cheaper, but the main reason is because milk got a little cheaper. it's about $1 a gallon cheaper. you might use that or cream in a lot of the different recipes. the one thing that got a little bit more expensive on the list, pumpkin pie. we're just showing you the can, but apparently the shells got a little bit more expensive, too. back to you. >> pumpkin pie of all things. >> i just...
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earlier i spoke it our north america spoke it our north america editor and asked if and asked if there‘s any indication which and asked if there‘s any indication which way his decision which way his decision is likely to go. which way his decision is likely to go. there‘s which way his decision is likely to go. there‘s a little bit which way his decision is likely to go. there‘s a little bit more of go. there's a little bit more of an indication. we know go. there's a little bit more of an indication. we know this meeting, indication. we know this meeting, the eighth indication. we know this meeting, the eighth in a long, the eighth in a long, drawn-out process, the eighth in a long, drawn-out process, some the eighth in a long, drawn-out process, some have accused process, some have accused him of dithering process, some have accused him of dithering over there, process, some have accused him of dithering over there, -— this. dithering over there, -— this. the meet ing is meeting is considering four options. meeting is considering four options. each one of them would opt
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this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental engineers. they are great and have solved so many problems for our country. but the truth of the matter is there isn't one among them who can reverse sea level rise once it starts to occur. we have to start to take the steps today so we can give future generations the same kind of opportunities and hope that prior generations have had, and i think we will do it. it will not be easy. it will not happen without all of your help in whatever form that takes. we have a lot of people to educate. we have people to educate not just in congress, but in towns and cities
this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental...
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funding for climate change in the year 2020 as a result of the contributions of the european union, america and some of the richest countries of the world. we will do everything in our power to secure a climate change agreement in copenhagen. >> thank you, mr. speaker. whatever are the individual speakers on afghanistan there's clarity on the mission. the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens to pull out of the country if president karzai can't clean up his corrupt government. these are contradictory messages they are sending out mixed signals. can the prime minister now square that circle?vu >> we are in the country because of the threat to britain. a threat that has been seen over eight years as a result of projected and actual terrorist defenses in our country. three-quarters of which come from afghanistan and pakistan and mainly the borders of pakistan. that is why we are there to protect the streets of britain. i was right to ask president karzai to give us assurances about how in his second
funding for climate change in the year 2020 as a result of the contributions of the european union, america and some of the richest countries of the world. we will do everything in our power to secure a climate change agreement in copenhagen. >> thank you, mr. speaker. whatever are the individual speakers on afghanistan there's clarity on the mission. the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens...